News tagged with sport sciences

Curling Science

Since becoming an official Winter Olympic sport in 1996, the sport of curling has draws a surprisingly large TV audience for an event that features slick-shoed competitors sweeping brooms in front of stones ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 11, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Lifelong exercising yields sensational results

Senior active skiers have twice the oxygen-uptake capacity of seniors who do not exercise. This is shown in new research at Mid Sweden University.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 21, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sports stars are no role models, say scientists

The loutish and drunken behaviour of some of our sporting heroes - routinely reported in the media - has little or no effect on the drinking habits of young people, new research has found.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 21, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 2